The licks, wails and feelings that define blues music live on in Mississippi. Grammy-winning guitar phenom Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram has been key to introducing the genre to new audiences.
Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram, musical heir to a long line of blues greats from the Mississippi Delta, has been compared to the likes of B.B. King. But while the legendary guitarist is one of Ingram's favorites, 'I kinda think I have my own thing going.'The guitar phenom won a Grammy last year and is a key part of a burgeoning blues revival in his home town of Clarksdale, Mississippi, bringing the licks and wails that define the genre to a new generation.
What started as field songs and spirituals evolved into a new sound: a mix of slide guitar with a howl to the human condition. Blues houses — known as juke joints — opened up. By the 20s and 30s, the first stars emerged, including Robert Johnson – who, per legend, sold his soul to the devil just outside of Clarksdale in exchange for his guitar chops.But as musical tastes changed over the years, local blues houses closed down. Farm work dried up.
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